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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 2004)
Get dressed up for the Bikers, Boots A Leather Party featuring food, S /M demos and videos, bootblacking by Deb and mistle toe hanging above and below. As always, men and women are welcome at the Eagle PDX, which is under new gay ownership! Proceeds benefit the Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center. (9 pm. 1300 W Burnside St. $4.) Young titleholders present The Escape Nightclub's Christmas 30 T hursday It's a pirate New Year’s Eve celebration when Booty: Queer as Ye Be proclaims “ Land Ho in Two Thousand Fo’l " with DJs Puppet, Stormy, Heewee and Jimmy Jammer at Porky's Pub. (9 pm-2 am. 835 N Lombard St. $3 after 10 pm. www. bootypdx. com.) duet with—y’all ready for this7— Mayor Tom Potter during his inauguration ceremony at City Hall. We kid you not. (6-8 pm. 1221 SW Fourth Ave. www.johnnymozzarella.com.) Lesbian laughter leader Gail Hand teaches Portland Laughter Club classes at CoHo Theater to help lift your spirits, lower your blood pressure and bring about amazing . changes in your life. (7-8 pm. 2257 NW Raleigh St. $5.) Inner Journeys invites women to learn the elements and explore the benefits of the journal writing process and to share personal insights and experiences at the SisterSpirit office. (7 pm. 3430 SE Belmont St. 4102 $3-$5 donation. 503-736-3297.) 5} W ednesday A peer-facilitated Lesbian Discussion & Social Group meets first and third Wednesdays at the Lesbian Community Project. (6:30-8 pm. 800 N W Sixth Ave. #253. 503-227-0605. rightonlesbos@yahoo. com.) ErosTouch hosts Men Massaging Men every first and third Wednesday. Two-on-one full-body massage in a safe and nurturing environment. No experience necessary. (7-10 pm. $20. Register at 503-493-9421. www.erostouch.com.) Steve Wilkerson gives us a double dose of queer wit during Portland Center Stage’s traditional holiday production of two one-act plays, David Sedans' The SantaLand Diaries and Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory Calling all dykes to Girls Night Out Thursdays at Dingo's! Food and drink sf)e- cials until midnight. (7 pm. 4612 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 503-233-3996.) Show. (10:30 pm-5 am doors, 12:30 am show. 333 SW Park Ave. $10.) Grolla Restaurant & Wine Bar holds a Gay Happy Hour Thursdays featunng live jazz with Jim Soloway. (9-11 pm. 2930 NE Killingsworth St. 503-493-9521.) 261 S unday See Paye 3 5 ¿01 a Oh, the games people play. World's largest game party every last Sunday. (3-7pm. RSVP at 503-233-3557.) catHfllete (¿U *1 yuex 'Heux ty to t Sue evettU. Jack: Queer as F**k gathers the Booty: Queer as Ye Be family together at the Doug Fir Lounge for a pirate dance celebra tion. (6 pm-midmght. 830 E Burnside St. $3 before 7 pm. $5 after, www.jackpdx.com.) 27 M onday Queer Night every Monday at Le Happy. January i Ì S aturday (9 pm-1 am. 1011 N W 16th Ave.) 28 T uesday Pink Martini performs ohginal com- ' positions from its widely acclaimed second CD, Hang on Little Tomato. along with the Art Abrams Swing Machine Big Band at Crystal Ballroom. (8 pm. 1332 IV Burnside St. $16 in advance from box office or Ticketmaster. $18 at the door.) In Other Words presents The Last Word Open Mike Zine Read (8 pm. 3734 SE Hawthorne Bfvd click_patterdale@yahoo.com.) Celebrate Rose Empress V I Marne's 70th birthday with snacks, specials, a gathering of friends and a multimedia presentation of David Hamilton's life at Embers. No personal gifts. Donations benefit the Pride of the Rose Scholarship Fund. (4-8 pm party, 6 pm champagne toast. 110 N W Broadway.) Atlas, an Afro/Arabica/Bhangra/Latin/dub dance party held every first and third Saturday at Holocene, screens India’s all-time-favorite film, Sholay. (9 pm-2.30 am. 1001 SE Morrison St. $5.) 2 29 W ednesday The Athens Boys Choir— two poetry-spittin’, jeans-wearin’, sailor- swearin’, bend-and-tuckin’, gender- fuckin’ queer dudes— perform spoken word pieces covering subjects from sex with cowboys to our dear President Bush at In Other Words (7 pm. 3734 SE Hawthorne Btvd Donations.) Take out the trash when punk drag troupe j S unday Eugene’s Family Values hosts a first Sunday potluck lunch at Amazon Community Center (1-3 pm 2700 Hilyard St. $2-$8 donation family_ values_pnde@hotmail. com.) Leather Night and Red Hanky Social at Gail’s Dirty Duck every first and third Fri day. (9 pm-midnight. 439 N W Third Ave. dustin@pacifier. com.) 8 ) S aturday The women of The Forest Group meet for their monthly potluck and planning session. Even if you don’t want to lead an event, bnng a dish to share and come join this open dis cussion. (5:30 pm potluck. 6 3 0 pm planning. 360-944-6619.) Out Dancing's monthly Dance Social is every second Saturday at Ankeny Street Studio. Lesson and refreshments included. (7-10 pm. Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. $5. 503-236-5129.) season by having City Commis sioner Sam Adams throw out the first ball at Hollywood Lanes. Everyone— from begin ners to veterans, from youth to adults— is welcome to join the league, which runs from January to May and from September to December. (2:30 pm registra tion. 3:30-6 pm games. 4030 NE Halsey St. $10. 503-722-0438. www.pdxbowl. com.) Hockney: The Colors o f Music, a rare, insightful look at the celebrated gay visual artist, at Whitsell Auditorium. His pas sionate love of music and opera led him to design stage sets for 11 operas that have Indie singer/songwriter been performed all Tanya Pluth performs Jan. 8 over the world; the sad irony is that, dur at the Red and Black Cafe ing the past decade, Come to Holocene for Tart— a monthly party he has slowly become deaf from a genetic where the girls go to get more weekend in condition that has curtailed his pnzed collabo rations. (7 pm. 1219 SW Park Ave. $6-$7 ) their weekend. You will be sad you missed it. (4-9 pm. 1001 SE Morrison St.) I ! The Northwest Film Center’s 22nd annual Reel Music Festival screens David C h e c k o u t m o re lis tin g s a t w w w .ju s to u t.c o m ! lío Portland queer indie singer/songwriter Tanya Pluth brings commentary, comedy and cuteness to the stage for a night of ong- inal, engaging tunes at the Red and Black Cafe (7:30 pm. 2138 SE Divi sion St.) Get lucky during the Fox & Hounds Monthly Charity Bingo. (3:30 pm. 217 SW Second Ave.) Ju“ *^ The Portland 3 M onday Sissyboy Goes to the Trailer Park with DJs Stormy and Jimmy Jammer at Holocene (9 pm music, 11 pm show 1001 SE Morrison St $3-$5.) 7 ) F riday Artwork by Sissyboy drag performer Lee Kyle, aka Splendora, goes to the highest bidder Dec. 21. If you'd rather take Splendora home with you, she's up for grabs, too. u««\ Talk about keeping Portland weird' Drag king Johnny Mozzarella is going to perform “We Are the Champions" as a Gay t Lesbian Community Bowling Association the city's longest-running sporting association, celebrates its 27th anniversary Bean Gilsdorf and a star-studded lineup of artists explore the interdependence of consumption, the media, the c ovemment and morality in SinTax at Belinki & DuPrey Gallery and Gallery 500
